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` Specification oi duplication died December 2 To all 'ur/tom it may concern:

Be itlmown that it, ANGEL M. GARCA' Y GARCA, a citizen of the" Republic of Cuban and a resident ot' Habana, Cuba, have invented new and useful improvements in Apparatus for lDiluting Liquids, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to an apparatus for diluting honey or Eother liquids, as, for instance, alcohol and Water. V

An object of the invention is to provide a water motor for driving a mixing device Whereby'the tivo liquids, water and honey, or other fluids3 are tob'e thoroughly mixed. power for the motor is utilized after its discharge from theinotor to form one of the ingredients ot' the solution.

Another object of the invention is to pr`ovide .in combinationwith a mixing device, a test device in which the consistency of the mixture may be ascertained at'any time d uring the mixing operation by testing the specih'c gravity ofthe mixture. i i

lil/ith these andother objects in view lt have illustrated an embodiment of the invention* in the accompanying drawing, wherein#- y Figure 1 is a front elevation, partlyl section,"ottheconfiplete device;

Fig. 2 is a sideelevationof the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the mixing chantber;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of one of the straining plates `within said `mixing chamher associated with a pair of agitators;

Figvis a side and end View of one of the agitator plates, and l i"ig. t3 is an end View of apair otagitator plates and 'a sectional view of the shaft on which said plates are mounted.

The water `motor 1 comprises a. casing in which 4a paddlevsheel having blades 2 is mou11ted,ad which rotates about a horizontal axis. The shaft 37 ot' the motor wheel, extends in transvense tlnough the casing 1 and carries at Athe pro jecting end a sprocket Il. The fluid serving as a source `ot' power for this motor is bin# troduced through the vertical pipe 5 so asf` to strike on the paddles or vanes 2 nearthe ini' direction m Letters Patent. M715 llya'tented dans @99 i, taie. ser-iai uq. tassen.

outer edge ot the same and to cause rotan tion of all f'thevvheel and oi the shaft 3.

The fluid supply may be regulated by the valve 6 in the pipe 5, while the speed of the motor independently oitv the fluid supply maybe regulated by a sleeve i rotatably mounted on the outside ot the pipe' 5 be tween flanges 9 and having a plurality oit apertures 8,. which. in a certain position et f the regulating sleeve register with, simi.- larly arranged apertures in the pipe 5.

Another piped()5 terminating in the casing 1 and extending vertically therefrom, serves as a vent tor discharging the air which may be taken along with the driving fluid into the casing. i

rllhe lower .end of the casing communi Cates with avpipe 11, into which another in gredient ofthe mixture is introduced by means of the pipe 12 projecting upwardly from the tubing 11 and containing a regulating valve 13. rlFhe pipe 1l is in communication .with the mixing chamber 15 through a curved portion 14 at the end ot the pipe 11, and the mixing chamber serves as a support for bearings 19 and 20, inv which a horizontal shaft. 18 is rotatably mountedn r1`he shaft-18 carries a number o'fstraining plates 15 and agitators 16 as shown in Figs i4 to (j. That portion of the sl'laft on which the straining plates and agitators are 4mounted has square cross section, as shown `in Fig. (3, and the straining plates 15 has a `central square aperture through which the .Shaft 1S is passed and whereby they are held against rotation "on saidshat't. These straining plates have a plurality of small apertures for the passage of the mixed fluids therethrough, preferably arranged in concentric circles on the plates as shown in Fig. 4.

The agitators comprise each a pair ot plates lt having a central longitudinal rib orfl'iiojection, the inner surface of this'rib being in engagement with the shaft, this por the small apertures being tion of thelgitator being ll-shape in cross Y section.

The two plates of each pair are rigidly heldngainst each other by a plurality of vbolts 30 extending through holes 17 suitably spaced on the plate of each. agitator. The

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agitators, which are separated from each other by straining plates 15', are ot't'set 90 vdegrees with respect to each other, as may be seen from Fig. 3. rlhat end of the shaft 18 which projects from the closing member and bearing 20 on the mixing chamber 15 carries a sprocket wheel 21 connected with the sprocket wheel t on the shaft 3v of the motor by means of a chain 22, so that in the rotation o't' the motor rotation is also irnparted to the straining plates and agitators. l

A pipe 23, communicating with the front end of the mixing chamber near the bearing 20, serves for conveying the mixture to stora ce vessels (not shown in the drawing). rlfhe highest portion of this pipe may a so be provided with a vent pipe 24, as shown in Fig. 2.

A hydrometer or some other similar device for ascertaining the specific gravity of the mixture is indicated at 28, and the mixture is conveyed to this testing device by means of a thin pipe or tubing 25 extending down wardly from the end or' the mixing chamber in opposition to the discharge pipe 23. rlhe tubing 25 terminates in a small tubing 2G, which projects upwardly through the testing cup 28, and is open at its end whereby this testing device is continuously filled with liquid of. the consistency' produced .by the stirring and mixing device inthe chamber 15. Thel overfiow from the testing device is discharged into a cup-shaped enlargement 27 near the bottom of the cup 28, and a tubing 29 connects this enlargement with the discharge pipe 23, as shown in Fig. 2. A suitable volumeter (not shown in the drawing) may be immersed into the liquid in the vessel 28, and the position of this instrument will indicate at any time the specific gravity et the same with respect to water or some other standard Fluid selected.

The operation ot the device is about follows:

fll`he pipe 5 is brought into communication with the source of water, and the pipe 12 is connected with a receptacle 1n which the undiluted liquid (honey, alcohol, and the like) is stored. When the valve 6 is opened to admit the water into the motor. rotation will be imparted to the plates 2. This rotation will be transmitted by means of the chain 22 V to the agitating device within the mixing chamber 15, and after a suitable speed has been attained, the Talve 13 is opened and the other ingredient to be diluted will be admitte'd to the tubing 'l1 and will be forced together with the water coming from the 1,10- tor into the mixing chamber 15. By the passage ot the mixture successively through the various strainers and owing to the vio lent agitation of the mix'utre by means of the plates lo on shaft 18 the two liquida will be thoroughly interminglcd so that all parts of the same have uniform consistency. The proportion of the ingredients in the mixture may be adjusted by adjusting the valves G and 13 in supply tubes 5 and 12 respectively.

l claim:

1. A device for mixing liquids, comprising a {iuid driven motor, a mixing chamber, means for conveying the ingredients of the mixture separately into the mixing chamber, and means for conveyin the discharge from thev iuid motor into sai mixing chamber.

2. An apparatus for mixing liquids, including a-water motor, a mixing chamber, stirring devices in said mixing chamber driven by said water motor, means for conveying the discharge water from the motor into the mixing chamber, and a conduit for supplying another ingredient oi the mixture to the mixing chamber.

8. ln a mixing apparatus, the combination of a water motor, a mixing chamber, a pipe communicating with said water motor und said mixing chamber, stirring and straining devices within said mixing chamber, a driving connection between said motor and said stirring and straining devices, .and a supply conduit terminating in the pipe between the motor and said mixing chamber.

4. ln an apparatus for mixing liquids, the combination of a Water motor, a mixing chambeig stirring and straining devices in the mixing chamber, lmeans for conveying the discharge water from the motor into said mixing chamber, a pipe for supplying another ingredient to said last named means, a discharge pipe from the mixing chamber, and a hydrometer inserted between the said mixing chamber and said last named discharge pipe.

5. 1n a mixing apparatus for liquids, the combination of a water motor, a mixing chamber, stirring and straining devices within the mixing chamber, a driving connection between the motor and said stirring and straining devices, a pipe connecting said mixing chamber with the Water motor to receive the discharge from the motor, a supply conduit for another ingredient terminating in said pipe, a discharge pipe from the mixing chamber, a test vessel, a tubing connecting said vessel with the mixing chamber, and a pipe for returning the overflow from said test vessel into the discharge pipe or the mixing chamber.

6. ,ln a mixing apparatus for liquids, the combination oi a water motor, a mixing chamber, a shaft rotatably mounted in said mixing chamber, a driving connection bctween said shaft and said motor, a plurality of' straining plates rigidly mounted on said shaft, and agitators each comprising a pair mamme l Agp of companion plates inserted between each two .straine'rs in said mixingr chamber.

"XL ln a mixing `ipparatus for liquidsya mixingclmlinber, a shaft rotatably mounted in said. mixing chamber, a plurality of 'attaining plates rigidly mounted on said allait and in spaced relation thereon, and

agltatols each comprising a pair of companion plates inserted between each two stralning plates in said mixing chamber. 10

In testimony whereof I atix my signature ANGEL'M. GARCA GARCA.

Witnesses:

VICENTE PALARIAL, JUAN J. REMo. 

